OBITUARY: Melvin  E. Jensen, 1918-2004, Mitchell Co., Iowa

[Edited; from Mitchell County Press online - April 21, 2004]



                          Melvin E. Jensen

Funeral services for Melvin E. Jensen, age 85, of Osage, Iowa, will
be held at 11 a.m. Friday, April 23, 2004 at Our Savior's Lutheran
Church in Osage, with Reverend Dennis Hanson officiating. Interment
will be in the Osage Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:30 p.m. to
7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage,
and will continue one hour before services at the church on Friday.
Melvin died Saturday, April 17, 2004 at the Good Samaritan Center
in St. Ansgar, Iowa.

Melvin E. Jensen was born Dec. 14, 1918 at Klemme, Iowa, the son of
Martin and Laura (Larsen) Jensen. The family moved to the Mitchell
area in 1936.

Melvin graduated from Mitchell High School in 1937. He married Mary
Theis on June 24, 1948, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Osage.

Melvin farmed with his father, Martin and his brother, Elmer, until
1967, when Elmer left farming and moved to Illinois. He continued
farming with his sons joining him in the early 1970's. Melvin enjoyed
feeding cattle and trading fat and feeder cattle at the South Saint
Paul Stockyards for four decades.

Melvin was preceded in death by his parents.

His survivors include his wife Mary N. (Theis) Jensen of Osage,
children Steven Jensen and his wife Connie of Mitchell and their
children Brad and Stacy, Jayne Clark and her husband Robert of
Sarasota, Fla. and their children Courtney, Kaitlin and Kelly,
Dennis Jensen and his wife Cathy of Osage and their children Ryan,
Kristi and Katie, James Jensen and his wife Cheryl of Austin,
Minnesota, and their children Brody and Briana, brother Elmer
Jensen and his wife Violet of Rock Falls, Illinois, sister Eva
Taylor and her husband Gordon of Mason City, and numeorus nieces
and nephews.

Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, 1-641-732-3706, Osage, was in
charge of the arrangements.


   Copyright 2004, K. L. Kittleson